Category: Optimization
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The science behind campus bus changes during COVID-19
Engineers used smoke machines, physics-based modeling and route optimization algorithms to quantify risk.
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Viswanath Nagarajan receives NSF funding for research in combinatorial optimization
U-M IOE assistant professor, Viswanath Nagarajan, has received NSF funding for further research on decision-making under uncertainty.
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IOE faculty and students recognized at IISE Annual Conference and Expo
Three members of the U-M IOE community were recognized for their work at the recent Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering’s (IISE) Annual Conference and Expo in Orlando.
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Amy Cohn receives MDHHS funding to improve hospital staffing
U-M IOE professor, Amy Cohn, has received funding from MDHHS to improve staffing and safety issues within Michigan’s state hospital system using simulation tools and optimization techniques.
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Qi Luo receives INFORMS-Sim best student paper award
U-M IOE PhD candidate, Qi Luo, receives PhD Colloquium Best Student Paper Award at the INFORMS Simulation Society’s annual Winter Simulation Conference.
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Viswanath Nagarajan receives NSF funding to research a new class of stochastic optimization problems
U-M IOE Assistant Professor Viswanath Nagarajan has received NSF funding to explore models and algorithms for stochastic covering problems in the presence of noisy outcomes.
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Xiuli Chao receives funding from J&J to develop algorithms for continuous production process
U-M IOE’s Xiuli Chao receives funding from Johnson & Johnson for a project centered on developing optimization algorithms to improve continuous production process.
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U-M INFORMS Student Chapter and Ruiwei Jiang awarded at INFORMS Annual Meeting
At the recent INFORMS Annual Meeting, the U-M INFORMS student chapter and U-M IOE Assistant Professor Ruiwei Jiang were recognized for their work in operations research and the management sciences.
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Xiuli Chao and Brian Denton elected as INFORMS Fellows
U-M IOE’s Xiuli Chao and Brian Denton have been elected as INFORMS fellows for the class of 2019.
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Xiuli Chao receives funding to improve the efficiencies of sharing economy
U-M IOE professor, Xiuli Chao, receives funding from Didi for a project focused on improving the efficiencies of sharing economy through enhanced matching and contract design.
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Jon Lee selected for Centre de Recherches Mathématiques Scholar-in-Residence Program
U-M IOE’s Jon Lee, has been selected as a Simons CRM Professor by The Centre de Recherches Mathématiques (CRM).
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IOE hosts international mathematics conference
U-M IOE recently hosted and sponsored the 20th Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization (IPCO XX) in Ann Arbor.
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Siqian Shen receives funding from Ford to design integrated ridesharing and goods delivery system
U-M IOE associate professor, Siqian Shen, has received research funding from Ford to explore how mathematical optimization and operations research approaches can improve services that integrate ridesharing with goods delivery.
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Xiuli Chao and Ruiwei Jiang receive MCubed funding for data-driven optimization of online retailing
Two U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) researchers have received MCubed funding from the University of Michigan for work on data-driven optimization for online retailing.
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U-M receives U.S. Department of Transportation funding to reduce urban traffic congestion
Three U-M engineers receive funding from USDOT Center for Connected Automated Transportation (CCAT) for a two-year collaborative research project that aims to reduce traffic congestion.
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Ruiwei Jiang receives National Science Foundation Career Award
Ruiwei Jiang, U-M IOE assistant professor, receives a National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award for his work in operations research.